KamaGames
| KamaGames | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| Branch | Video games |
| Website | www.kamagames.com |
KamaGames is an online casino operator and provider of virtual gaming . It is the largest social mobile poker operator in Europe with over 630,000 daily active players. KamaGames has a portfolio of free-to-play - Casino built -Titeln. The company's flagship game is Pokerist Texas Poker . Other titles from KamaGames include Slots, Blackjackist, Set Poker, Omaha Poker, Baccarist and Split Bet Poker, as well as, more recently, Craps and Teen Patti.
KamaGames is headquartered in Dublin . The company has over 250 employees worldwide.
history
KamaGames was founded in 2010. The company's website states that their goal was to create high quality, innovative, and exciting social casino games for mobile and other platforms. The virtual poker game Pokerist was released that same year and is still considered the company's flagship title to this day.
The Russian company moved its headquarters to Dublin in Ireland in 2012.
A number of social casino titles followed, including roulette player in 2013, blackjackist in 2016, baccaratist in 2017 and slots in 2018. KamaGames products originally appeared in Europe, but expansion into the USA soon followed. the ASIAPAC countries, the Middle East, China, the CIS countries and India. In addition to working as a developer and distributor, KamaGames entered into partnerships in the USA with Poker Night in America and in India with the launch of Poker Champions with Yoozoo Games. KamaGames audiences range from customers who play on mobile devices and social networks to those who use smart TVs to play the titles. To expand its reach, KamaGames is a partner of the social networks Vk.com and Facebook as well as the messaging services Viber and Tango. At the end of 2018, the company had revenues of $ 76.4 million, up 33% from 2017. This meant the company's third year of growth in a row. In 2018, the milestone of 120 million players was also reached.
Product portfolio
Pokerist Texas Poker KamaGames released the first version of their flagship title Pokerist Texas Poker for iOS in April 2010, followed by Android in June 2010. In April 2011 the game appeared on Facebook, followed by a number of other platforms such as Odnoklassniki.ru , Yandex , the Amazon Store , Windows Phone , Facebook's Instant Games, Smart TV , Samsung Galaxy Apps and Apple TV . Pokerist is a gambling app based on poker . Pokerists Party Modes offer variations of the game such as 10 to Ace (in which players are only dealt high value cards), Joker (in which Jokers loosen up the game), and more. In 2018, KamaGames became the first social casino operator to offer multi-table tournaments (MTTs), a game mechanic that was previously only available in real casinos. In 2018, KamaGames introduced further variants of the multi-table tournaments - such as MTT Omaha and MTT Party, which were themed around Omaha poker titles and its party modes. In spring 2018, KamaGames Pokerist published Texas Hold'em for Facebook's Instant Games on the HTML5 platform. This meant that players could access Pokerist without having to download the game - simply by pressing a button on their Facebook page or under their chats on Facebook Messenger. The games stream within the Messenger and Facebook apps without the need to install additional apps. Before launching on Facebook's Instant Games, KamaGames published Pokerist on VK.com's Direct Games gaming platform in August 2017. In August 2018, KamaGames updated the MacOS builds in the Mac App Store, allowing players to switch from their native client to the Unity Engine.
Roulettist, blackjackist and baccarat player KamaGames expanded their portfolio of social casino products with the release of Roulettist for iOS in April 2013. Based on the classic casino game Roulette , players can choose which variant of the game they want to play - from classic European Roulette from French Roulette to the riskier American Roulette. The title was released in April 2013 on Google Play and on March 31, 2015 in the Amazon Store. The following KamaGames titles included Blackjackist based on Blackjack in June 2016 and Baccarist based on Baccarat in February 2017.
Omaha 2017, KamaGames expanded their portfolio in April with Omaha Poker and Set Poker in December. The difference between Omaha and Texas Hold'em is that each player is dealt four cards instead of two - and must use two of them to work with three of the five community cards to create their best possible hand.
Set Poker In December 2017, KamaGames introduced Set Poker, which is similar to Texas Hold'em, but allows you to bet and play against the house. These side bets (called "Lucky 3" and "Lucky 6") both have a number of winning combinations.
Slots Following the inspiration of the casino's one -armed bandits , slots expanded the KamaGames portfolio in March 2018.
Craps The one on the casino dice game based craps , which was published in August 2018, the first 3D multiplayer -Titel its kind in the App Store and on Google Play has been published.
Split Bet Poker Published in May 2018, Split Bet Poker is played with three player and two community cards. If the player's cards are revealed, he has the chance to get back ⅓ of his bet. When the first of the community cards is revealed, there is another option to withdraw ⅓ of the stake if the chances of winning are not good. Players can lower their stakes when playing a hand - however, the payouts with the highest combination can be 1000: 1. In addition, the players have the opportunity to place two side bets - these are called 'Lucky 3' and 'Lucky 6'.
Teen Patti In November 2018, KamaGames announced the release of Teen Patti, a card game popular in India . Up to four players can take part in the game and each of them is dealt three cards face down . As the game progresses, the value of the pot grows and ultimately the player with the best cards or who stays in the game until their hand is complete wins.
Trivia
Moving to the Unity Engine In November 2016, the company announced its continued commitment to using Unity , a runtime and development environment for computer games. This commitment meant, among other things, the implementation of its native iOS and Android apps on Unity 5.
The Unity game engine enables KamaGames to integrate a number of new functions into its game portfolio - including weekly, global player tournaments.
Partnership with Manchester United In 2015, KamaGames was the official social casino partner of the English soccer team Manchester United worldwide . With this license, KamaGames developed specific mobile and online social casino titles including branding, logo, images and themes of the club. The titles Manchester United Social Poker and Manchester United Social Roulette, developed by KamaGames, with images of the club's A-team players, have appeared for iOS, Android, Windows, on Amazon and Facebook.
Carmen Electra In 2012, KamaGames signed a one-year advertising contract with Carmen Electra for the title Pokerist Texas Poker. Actress, model and singer Electra appeared on the app, on icons, banners and in a range of promotional materials related to the game. The contract was extended in July 2014 to July 2016.
IOHA sponsorship In March 2017, KamaGames began sponsoring the Irish Olympic Handball Association (IOHA) national team. As part of the two-year sponsorship agreement, KamaGames took on the role of the main sponsor of the IOHA. The company's logo and branding appeared on the match and training equipment of all men's, women's and junior teams.
Publishing
In June 2013, KamaGames started a publisher program to publish titles for iOS and Google Play in partnership with mobile game developers. The program offered development studios a minimum investment of $ 100,000 to fund the soft launch of their game. The company viewed this amount as the minimum amount to attract a relevant user base. This program was phased out in 2016.
KamaGames has worked with other publishing partners:
Tango Mobile The first of these partnerships was with Tango Mobile for the launch of Pokerist Texas Poker and Roulettist 2014. In December 2016, KamaGames announced that 3D Blackjack on Tango Mobile was joining Pokerist Texas Poker and Roulettist.
Viber In September 2016, KamaGames announced a new partnership - with the leading mobile messaging platform Viber. The agreement made the innovative 3D Blackjack available to Vibers 664 million players in 193 countries.
Spil Games In October 2016, KamaGames announced plans to publish its portfolio on the 'Spil' portals. The Spil portfolio currently reaches over 100 million active players across Europe every month.
Poker Night in America In April 2017, KamaGames announced the partnership with Poker Night in America, a television show broadcast on the CBS Sports Network.
The partnership includes, among other things, the development of a stand-alone Poker Night in America app, which is developed and published by KamaGames. The app can be downloaded from the iOS App Store and Google Play.
In March 2018, KamaGames announced a major update for the next season of Poker Night in America, adding new features and additional games to the app.
Yoozoo Games, Poker Champions and the Indian Market For the launch of Poker Champions on the Indian market in January 2018, KamaGames entered into a partnership with the Asian developer and publisher Yoozoo Games. Based on the globally successful social poker title Pokerist, Poker Champions has been adapted to appeal to the Indian gaming audience. In addition to graphic adjustments, game mechanics - especially the party modes - have been accelerated for the Indian market.
In June 2018, KamaGames announced an exclusive partnership with Unity Ads that allowed the company to offer video advertising across its entire app portfolio.
Awards and nominations
On August 8, 2013, KamaGames was ranked 14th in the SCi Power 25 rating by Social Casino Intelligence. The SCi Power 25 Rating is created annually to highlight the leading companies in the online casino market.
Best Mobile App Awards recognized Pokerist Texas Poker as one of the best games of 2013 in the card game and casino category with their Platinum Award.
KamaGames was nominated for Best Social Operator for Social Gaming at the EGR Operator Awards twice in a row (2016 & 2017) and won the award for innovation in the social casino area of the EGR Marketing and Innovation Awards 2018.
Furthermore, KamaGames was named Best Mobile Games Developer 2017 at the SoftTech International Awards.
In 2019, KamaGames was named Best Social Gaming Operator at the EGR North America Awards.
Individual evidence
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